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BEST TERRESTRIAL DISTANCE 2018 (ODX): 9960 Km. with HS3LSE in OK14 on
21/07/2018 at 10:54
Pipped Jack OA4TT who is "only" 9957km:-)
Jan
A nice new year break in EA8 followed by a couple of
weeks building my new 48el 144MHz LFA array. See my Facebook feed for
pictures.
31st First 50MHz EME contact of the year with JA7QVI. Ready and waiting
for 3Y0Z
Feb
1st Time to test my 48el 144MHz array - some
issues with RF in az/el position encoders - can't move array on TX or it
gets out of sync with controller ( I discovered later!). New EME
Initials with R7LP, TA2NC (new DXCC) and DM5TI
3rd 2 new 144MHz Initials K6MYC and ON4KHG
2000 UTC 3 February 2018
During the last 72 hours we continued to experience the high winds, low
clouds, fog, and rough seas that have prevented helicopter operations
since our arrival at Bouvet. No improvement was predicted in the weather
forecast for the next four days. Then, last night an issue developed in
one of the ship’s engines. This morning the captain of the vessel
declared it unsafe to continue with our project and aborted the
expedition. We are now on our long voyage back to Punta Arenas. As you
might imagine the team is deeply disappointed, but safe. There is
already talk about rescheduling the DXpedition.
Bob – K4UEE
Ralph – K0IR
Erling – LA6VM
On their way home but only making 5MPH. KEEP SAFE GUYS - THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER TIME
https://share.garmin.com/bouvet
31 days at sea from Punta Arenas to Capetown via Bouvet
but all now safely home.
5th
0930 UTC 3Y0Z - Bouvet Island DXpedition 2018
Our captain has decided that it is in the best interest of safety and
expediency to proceed directly to Capetown, South Africa rather than
Punta Arenas, Chile. We are currently heading north to avoid the
possibility of encountering ice. Currently there is no ice in sight or
on radar. In due time we will head easterly toward Capetown.
Our entire team is safe. Most are resting in their bunks and in good
spirits. We will keep the amateur radio community and our families
informed as we continue our journey.
19th A couple of happy hours on 2m EME today: 17 QSOs for
16 initials and a new DXCC:-) UT9UR, SM5KWU, DF7AP, DF9UX, UA4LCF,
DL5OCD, EA5DF, SM5CUI, EA5CJ, EA4CYQ, F6EGD, AA4FF, DL8FBD, F6GRB, R3PA,
and PJ2T Curacao DXCC # 54 ON 2m
20th Only QRV for a short time at moonrise on 2m EME today: ES100F,
DL8II, M6T, DL9LBH, OH2LHE, OK1IL, S55OO.
21st Quite a day on 2M EME: 32 QSOs for 26 initials and 3 new DXCCs:-)
JP3EXR, VK3AXH, RX9AT, YL2GC, PA5MS, GI6ATZ (NEW EME DXCC!), JH7OPT,
RX8RX, JH3AZC, PA3CMC, S57M, DK5OX, K5DOG, DK4RC, OH4LA, SM5TSP, GM6JNJ
(NEW EME DXCC!), DL1VPL, PY2GN came back to my CQ:-) (NEW EME DXCC!),
KC3OL, AH6LE, W0XG, EA1YV, DL6BF, N4HB, PA4VHF, W2DBL, N0AKC, NH6Y,
N5TM, KF8MY, K8DIO
22nd Another few hours with the focus on 144MHz EME: 21 QSOs for 15
initials and 3 new EME DXCCs:-) DL4DWA, F6DHI, OE5KT (EME DXCC), DK3XT,
GM4VVX, SM2IZO, S56P, ZS1LS, DL8SCQ, OK1TEH, VA3DIF, GW4BVE (EME DXCC),
XE2AT (DXCC), WW2DX, K1SCE.
23rd 144MHz MS only: 15 QSOs for 15 initials - IW4AED, ON4AOI, IK2DDR,
IK0IXO, IK2OFO, SP1JNY, N5LJC, VE1KG, I2RV, SP8NR, NJ2R, K7MAC, N1RWY,
IK1FJJ, KC0V.
24th 144MHz Moonset only: 7 QSOs for 7 initials and 1 new DXCC:-)
ON4KHG, EB5EEO, OE3FVU, IK0SMG, UA4AQL, HG60KCI, W7GJ, TD9FYC
25th 144MHz Moonrise: 13 QSOs for 10 initials and 2 new DXCCs:-)
RX1AS, SM6NOC, IK7EZN, BX4AP, DG0WA, F4DJK, F6BEG, PA3DOL, SV6KRW,
4Z5CP, VE1KG, LA6TPA, DL5YA
26th 144MHz Moonrise: for 1 hour only 3 QSOs for 2 initials - JF3MKC,
JH4ADK (50w), I2SVA
27th 144MHz EME 17 QSOs for 13 initials and 1 new DXCC:-) - LZ4OC,
OE3NFC, DL5OCD, RA6AUK, S56P, YO3DMU, YC2MDU, DJ9MG. Moon at 55deg elev:
WA1EAZ, DL3HWA, YL3HA, N8AM, G4URT, W8PAT, UA3TCF, RK3FG, G4EZP.
28th 50-60mph gales and snow - antennas locked down - just a few nice
FT8 QSOs incl PA2MDL
Mar
In EA8 for the last time as we have now sold our villa in IL39:-(
26th 15 144MHz EME initial contacts JG2BRI YL2FZ DC9YC DH9OK
DL2FCN DL1KDA IK8YSS DL8DAU NT0V I3LDP UA6IE UA6LCN WA1NPZ
and 2 new DXCCs CR2EME LU8ENU
27th 5 144MHz EME initial contacts R7IV SM2A OH2BNH IK6CAK F5DYD
28th 4 144MHz EME initial contacts ES6RQ RA6C RW9ST DG5CST
29th 2 144MHz EME initial contacts UA0ZGX LZ5GM
Apr
12th Gave some points away in the 50Mhz NAC / UKAC - 12 countries 10 ssb, 2
data
13th New 2m EME Inits OH2BC, F6APE, AB4GS. (Total 144MHz
EME Initials now stand at 246 and 62DXCC since #1 on 17/9/2016)
14th Spent an early morning hour on 2m FT8 17QSOs 10 countries! Really a
shame that all the activity is on FT8 - there are MUCH better modes:0(
20th 3 new 144MHz initials including PJ6E on first call:-)
21st 4 new 144MHz initials
22nd Lots of FT8 144MHz QSOs in 1st MGM contest;-). 50MHz EME ZS6NK from
his farm in KG47. 144Hz EME Z66EME Kosovo for new DXCC:-) "Almost" with
HS0AC on 144 EME;-) -total 7 new 144MHz EME initials.
23rd 5 new 144MHz EME initials.
27th What a difference a day makes. Two new countries on 144MHz
moonbounce at my moonrise - 3B8MB Mauritius and 7P8Z Lesotho:-)
May
6th C8T in the log on 144MHz EME for DXCC #67:-)
10th The start of the multihop Es season. Heard UN, EX, EY, AP, A9 ,A7
on FT8. VU reported into France. JA tomorrow?
11th 7X, S01, OD, A4, A7, A9, 9K, UN6, EX, EY and AP plus weak NA here
!! Also JAs into S EU – need that path to move nearer the pole – 2-3
days is my guess.
12th WP4G in the log on 144MHz EME for DXCC #68:-) First NA opening of
the season from around 12:30z WU1ITU, VE1SKY, KO1DX, WOFK and K0TPP
worked all on FT8
13th Evening multi hop Es on 6m : PV8DX and D41CV (5w remote station!)
14th - 18th 50MHz Es every day but only brief multi-hop and no JA into
UK yet.
19th 50Mhz Es across EU again. An evening on 144MHz EME yielded 8 new
initials
20th A day of mainly single hop 50MHz Es followed by good late afternoon
Es opening to NA - East Coast only.
21-23 Es across EU .
24th Es across EU and a good late afternoon opening to NA, mainly Iberia
with some southern UK.
27th An FT8 CQ "cold call" at 16:10z to the West yielded YV5LI -
sometimes you have to go with the hunch. He then called CQ and worked
several EU from EI to S5 peaking at S5 here. I called and called on 110
- nada:-(
28th 29th Brief JA Lots of EU some Carib and NA
 30th
Big signal from Paulo PV8DX now running 600w from FT2000, VL1000. Still
seems to have problems with RX - hope we can help him resolve these as
he has a fantastic location and is very keen on 6m.
Jun
1st / 2nd No JA-UK. Lots of EU Es and evening Carib. No JA-UK
 3rd
No JA-UK, but.... Band wide open multi hop across EU and open very early
to Carib and NA from 10:45z. An easy CW QSO with Jeff TZ4AM peaking 599
on his new antenna. Dozens of NA QSOs (mainly FT8 out to California, 3
XEs plus TI, CO, HH, HI and all the usual suspects in the Carib. plus
YV5, PV8, PZ5. 4X 9K, A6 etc in all day no matter where the beam was.
Wow what a day! I gave up at 23:30z with the band still wide open 13hrs
+ with CO8 solid.
4th Open I / SV to NA at 04:00z - I was not QRV until
late afternoon - but another amazing evening to Carib / NA with some
nice s9+ SSB chats as well as CW and FT8
5th An early start with loads of JAs on FT8 but very few on CW. Though I
was only QRV intermittently it wide open again across EU all day and to
NA from lunchtime. In the evening things died down a lot with only East
Coast NA.
6th - 7th I was only QRV briefly on these days - but things seemed to
have calmed down a lot.
8th - 10th some JA mornings some NA late afternoons and EU all day - but
not in large quantities or at spectacular levels.
11th A quieter day in IO70 but things warmed up around 20:00utc with
HK4SAN plus YV, PV8, HH, HI3, HI8, PZ and FM i the log - band still open
at 23:00utc - bed time!
12th Another great afternoon and evening to the Carib and nice to see
Jack OA4TT in on both FT8 and JT65. Amazing what can be heard on an RTL
Dongle and a "white stick" vertical:
downloads\12june2018 monitor.xlsx
downloads\12june2018 monitor.pdf
13th More of the same.
14th JAs then more of the same. OA4TT in for several hours mainly on
JT65. Worked him first call at -11 but he later peaked at around +5.
VP5, PZ5 and all the usual Carib
15th More of the same. I was QRV only briefly but plenty of stuff like
this this on my monitor / vertical! 224415 -12 0.1
2422 ~ CQ ZF1EJ EK99
16th A good start with VK8 being worked in SV around 04:30 and Italy
06:00z. Afternoon and evening focus was NA rather than Carib but the
usual suspects were also in plus J3/G0VJG on CW and SSB:-)
17th Another big day with focus on NA some nice SSB and CW sigs but of
course mainly FT8 even when S9. Prop faded early evening with just PZ
remaining by 20:00z only to come back again at 23:00z with 9Y4D booming.
2 new 144MHz EME initials EA1UU and KB7Q in DN44 WY :-)
18th Lots of Carib and Central America incl 2 TG9s. Good long strong NA
19th Again lots of Carib and Central America. Good long strong NA
but no West Coast. Big very high lattitude NA - JA late evening whilst
still open NA EU. WORKED JOE TAYLOR K1JT ON FT8:-)
20th VU2NKS in 12:05 - 13:30 peaking -6. G3TXF was his 1st G. Again lots
of Carib and Central America.
21st 0600z VK4MA worked DK and SP3. 0800z VK8MS hearing TF3ML over pole!
Mid afternoon med to JA. Not much daytime to NA but a very late patch
opening to W9 until 22/6 01:00z. East Coast NA working JA over pole.
22nd Widespread EU to JA including some very northern paths. Also 4S7 to
OH etc. Only a handful of JAs and BYs this far west around 09:00-10:00z.
Strong mid afternoon path Med to JA. Quiet evening but with KP4, KV4 and
a few others around 21:00. OH & LA working JA over Pole 23:00 - 23/6
04:00!!!
23rd EU and EA8 from 06:00z No JA but VY2ZM in 08:15z Not QRV for rest
of day but looks like another good one to West as PJ4NX was in on my
vertical - 7111km - not bad:-).
24th Another great day - but still no JA worked. FT8 opening new paths -
but old paths and modes are suffering.
SEEMS I WAS
HEARD IN KL ALASKA BY KL7HBK OVER THE POLE AT 1030Z WHILST CQNA
| 50.315364 |
FT8 |
KL7HBK |
BO49et |
20180624 |
111114 |
G8BCG |
England |
223 |
IO70rk |
NIL |
1 |
-13 |
25th a much quieter day but still some NA and Carib throughout the
afternoon / early evening. Northern EU/GM having the best NA condx.
26th same again - but still no serios JA this far south west - seems to
be either north or south of me;-)
27th
Quite a day - who
would have though that there would be (at least) 4or more Chinese and 3
Indian VU stations plus 4S7 into Western EU + VK5 being worked in DL.
All on Es and mainly on FT8. But still no JA
28th Finally an opening to JA - many callers - but only for 90 secs;-).
Worked Said SU1SK on FT8 after a gap of 17 years since our last SSB QSO
in 2001
29th Another collection of brief JA openings 12 JAs in the log - 1
new square:-) Bert S57RR worked VK5BC (and others?). I was not QRV but
my vertical was hearing well: (only first period shown - some stations
in for a long time)
https://tinyurl.com/ybqzplb3 NA still into CT etc at 0145z!!
220745 -12 0.1 2074 ~ CQ DX K2ZD FN21 U.S.A..
220945 -18 0.1 406 ~ CT7AQS K1SIX RR73 U.S.A.
221045 -17 0.1 836 ~ GI4OWA WX1S -19 U.S.A.
221145 -19 0.2 1354 ~ CQ DX N1KWF FN32 U.S.A.
221345 -9 0.2 1055 ~ F1GTU WA1NPZ FN43 U.S.A.
221430 -18 0.1 2159 ~ EA2VE K3WW -11 U.S.A.
221515 -19 0.1 1602 ~ CU3AN AC2PB 73 U.S.A.
30th A relatively
quiet day - no JA few NA.
Countries by mode @ 30/6/2018:
CW:176 SSB:189 JT65A:84 JT6M:39 FT8:94
July
1st Not QRV but
apparently a very quiet day - no JA few NA.
2nd Not QRV but apparently a very quiet day - no JA some NA out to DM
square.
3rd Most prop in either direction seems south of UK
4th On a relatively quiet day
Z68M on CW for
DXCC#243 Then in the late afternoon Jack OA4TT in for
almost 4 hours on FT8 / JT65 plus the "usual suspects" PZ5RA, PV8DX etc
but very little else - a very stable focus.
5th A quiet day here but LA/OH to VK3 and EU to W6 kept us alert! Usual
Carib inc HH HI VQ5 and briefly HP.
6th Another good day. Big opening to NA stretching to West Coast and XE
7th / 8th I was away at the 40th Anniversary Solomon Islands
Independence Celebrations but it seems these were amazing days for
east-west Es propagation.
9th A quieter day. Very brief JA and some weak NA
10th Very quiet day but with some weak US in EM / EN around 20:00 -
21:00
11th A quiet day some JA in central EU but only single Es here
12th No JA but a good day with widespread NA / Carib plus Mexico Peru
and Brazil
13th NA + Carib and lost my mast head pre-amp - don't know why as it is
not in the QRO path:-(
14th 15th 16th Es to west every day.
16th Some
2m EME: 4L/RM8A
for DXCC #69, OM4EX for DXCC #70 plus a couple of new
initials
17th not QRV
18th Nice afternoon / early evening opening to Carib and out to pacific
coast Mexico
19th, lots of Es but most of it missed io70!
20th A quiet day witjh a small early evening opening to Carib and NA
21st WOW! Thailand. E2X in for over 4 hours on CW up to 579 but no QSO:-(
However, many Thai stations on FT8 of which I bagged 2:
HS3LSE for
DXCC#244 and HS5LYK for a reserve;-). Whilst still
open to the Far East the band also opened to NA and Carib and stayed
that way until I fell asleep at around 2300z! Over 80 NA in the log out
to DL square on FT8 plus a good few on CW and SSB - a nice day.
22nd Another great day. HS only briefly here but N EU had
a good time. Big, early and long opening to NA faded by early evening
but then back in again late evening until 23:30z!
23rd
Early
and long opening to NA & carib faded by early evening but then back in
again late evening
24th - 26th quieter days with light Es and just weak East Coast NA
27th A few mid morning JAs otherwise a relatively quiet day.
28th
Not qrv (village BBQ) but my vertical at home noticed a great late night
opening to NA 20:00 TO 23:46:
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VE1JBC |
6m |
FT8 |
4564 km |
23:46:59 |
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CO8LY |
6m |
FT8 |
6988 km |
23:46:44 |
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N4PSK |
6m |
FT8 |
4188 miles |
23:43:14 |
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NK1K |
6m |
FT8 |
3088 miles |
23:39:29 |
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VE1SKY |
6m |
FT8 |
4466 km |
23:38:29 |
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WZ1V |
6m |
FT8 |
3214 miles |
23:38:29 |
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K2UU |
6m |
FT8 |
3266 miles |
23:35:59 |
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K1JT |
6m |
FT8 |
3341 miles |
23:34:59 |
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N1NK |
6m |
FT8 |
3144 miles |
23:34:29 |
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N3RG |
6m |
FT8 |
3404 miles |
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KD2E |
6m |
FT8 |
3334 miles |
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K2PAL |
6m |
FT8 |
3303 miles |
23:23:29 |
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W1CU |
6m |
FT8 |
3256 miles |
23:22:59 |
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K4AWM |
6m |
FT8 |
3536 miles |
23:22:29 |
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N4WW |
6m |
FT8 |
4162 miles |
23:22:29 |
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W1EQ |
6m |
FT8 |
3163 miles |
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KC1GWX |
6m |
FT8 |
3113 miles |
23:18:29 |
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K1KA |
6m |
FT8 |
3110 miles |
23:15:59 |
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W1QK |
6m |
FT8 |
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F6HLC |
6m |
FT8 |
786 km |
23:14:44 |
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NC2V |
6m |
FT8 |
4136 miles |
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KO1DX |
6m |
FT8 |
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W1DYJ |
6m |
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K4KEW |
6m |
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N6EE |
6m |
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WB2UJS |
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N4RJ |
6m |
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N2CG |
6m |
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NJ1H |
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FT8 |
3113 miles |
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N2SLO |
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3261 miles |
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WA1RF |
6m |
FT8 |
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KB4MRX |
6m |
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4207 miles |
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AB1QB |
6m |
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N1ZZN |
6m |
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W2QO |
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K1OA |
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AC4TO |
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W1IPL |
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CM2XN |
6m |
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AC2PB |
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K7BV |
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HI8LAM |
6m |
FT8 |
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HI8DL |
6m |
FT8 |
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WB2MJG |
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FT8 |
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K2PLF |
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N2RJ |
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W9AC |
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K1SIX |
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W1UJ |
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WA1NPZ |
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K1RSA |
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K0KVR |
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ZF1EJ |
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K1LO |
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AB1OC |
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N4CC |
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WB4LMQ |
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K1TTT |
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N2TK |
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LX1JX |
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753 km |
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WA8R |
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N3XX |
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WA1EAZ |
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K8FL |
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K1ZN |
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W1JJ |
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K4SV |
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W4IMD |
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AA6YQ |
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KB8VAO |
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K4ADR |
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W5ADD |
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N0EME |
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N4FV |
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W4DAS |
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KC4QX |
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EA4TD |
6m |
FT8 |
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KX4R |
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WA5ZFP |
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K1CP |
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W2SM |
6m |
FT8 |
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KP4EIT |
6m |
FT8 |
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21:45:14 |
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WA4PGI |
6m |
FT8 |
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WR2K |
6m |
FT8 |
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K4PI |
6m |
FT8 |
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VE9DX |
6m |
FT8 |
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WP4G |
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21:35:29 |
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KK4MA |
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21:33:59 |
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K5EK |
6m |
FT8 |
3771 miles |
21:30:14 |
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K4SOG |
6m |
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3782 miles |
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K5VIP |
6m |
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K4BYN |
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3705 miles |
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NG4C |
6m |
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K1BZM |
6m |
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3087 miles |
21:26:44 |
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W4HHN |
6m |
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3723 miles |
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N4TL |
6m |
FT8 |
3701 miles |
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KA8SYV |
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N4OYT |
6m |
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W3BTX |
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3490 miles |
21:22:29 |
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K4HB |
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N2IXX |
6m |
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W8EMD |
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KU4QG |
6m |
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WP4AZT |
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4032 miles |
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WT8V |
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WA4PGM |
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K4UX |
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K1ST |
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AA6E |
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3230 miles |
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K0PT |
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K4DET |
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N4HN |
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K1OR |
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K4XP |
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W4BO |
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KS4S |
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3774 miles |
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N4HB |
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K8QM |
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20:47:59 |
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KK4CB |
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3678 miles |
20:39:29 |
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3459 miles |
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W3XY |
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3498 miles |
20:38:59 |
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K5ESW |
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W4SO |
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29th
Usual EU Es plus an early evening opening to NA / Carib (W Coast path to
CT open as usual)
30th Big NA / Carib all afternoon. 17:25 OA4TT loud JT65 (He worked
MM0AMW around 17:00) Jack in all evening until around 21:00z. Heard /
Worked YV6IA, 9Y4D and CO8LY in solid for ove an hour - but little other
activity.
31st Wide open to NA all afternoon. Died down in the evening,
Countries by mode @ 31/7/2018:
CW:177 SSB:190 JT65A:84 JT6M:39 FT8:100
August
1st Wide open to NA all afternoon. OA4TT in at 15:30. Out of the blue
call from XE1XJB in EK09 at 1540. NA continued into the evening with
OA4TT in for several hours (worked at 1905)
2nd Wide open to NA until late evening OA4TT + usual Carib suspects in
all evening.
3rd A good morning with a few JAs and two new HLs in the log HL3GOB and
HL2IFR. Another day of amazing condx to the west which went on until >
00:30z but I chose ZZZZ at around 21:30z.
Amazing times
59 countries last 24 hours; 67
countries last
week
and that is on my vertical and does not include "real" DX
worked on my big array: JA, HL OA etc
4th Woo Hoo KB7Q/p in Wyoming via EME to complete WAS (finally!)
http://kb7qgrid.blogspot.com/ . Another solid 12hour plus opening to
NA and Carib + OA, YV, HK but little or no NEW activity. Gave up at
23:30z band still wide open.
5th. A few JAs in the morning but a much quieter day and much openings
to the West with no S America / Carib.
6th A very quiet day - just some single hop Es araound EU.
7th Even quieter!
8th Back to normal. Solid evening opening to NA plus CO, Hi etc. Band
still open to NA at 23:30z!
9th Some NA in the afternoon but fairly quiet - good for EME:-)
10th A quiet day.
11th Another quiet day but with significant MS from the Perseids.
12th Good MS early morning. New 50MHz EME initial #191 with VK3DUT
13th A quiet day on 50Mhz with just MS and a little weak Es. Great EME
QSOs with Lance W7GJ on both 50MHz and 144MHz during a shack visit from
local hams and members of the
Callington Amateur Radio Society
 14th Good afternoon opening to NA focused on EL grid. Copied Alain TR8CA
in Libreville on 6m EME at his moonset but did not complete.
15th 50MHz EME initial # 192 with Per LA7DFA. Rapid Faraday rotation
with HUGE echo signals from the moon up to -2dB loud!
21st TR8CA in from 07:40 for 1 hour or so - VERY early for prop to
Gabon!
22nd Widespread 1/2 hop Es across EU all day with some longer stuff incl
4L1 on CW FG8OJ in from 16:00 - 16:30z on an otherwise quiet path.
23rd Exceptional morning opening to Middle East with YI1SAL
extremely loud on FT8 plus A9, 9K, 4X, OD nice to hear some good levels
of CW and SSB activity with 9K2MU at 599+++ making many happy on 50.102.
An early evening opening to East Coast NA was sharp focussed and short
lived.
 24th Light Es around EU all day with patchy Eat Coast NA from 12:00 -
15:00
25th.- 31st Very quiet days. (26th CME and K=7)
31st Did I miss the fat lady singing? ;-)
50MHz
Stats for the year 2018 so far compared to 2017:
2018 DXCC 117 (2 new) from CW 13 SSB 33 DATA 109 EME 10 TOTAL QSOS 2085
2017 DXCC 102 (5 new) from CW 17 SSB 37 DATA 81 EME 17 TOTAL QSOS 657
Sept
1st 6m dead. Focus on 2m CT8/W6PQL on EME for init #289 then give some
points in the contest.
DR9A solid S9 750km via tropo
2nd 6m dead apart from MS / Iono and a one man September DXCC Challenge
on 50.280 / 50.313 :-)
7th OK so 6m is very quiet now. However, this morning I had easy 6m QSOs
with ZL3NW and VK3WTN via the moon:-) If you think this is not for you
then consider this: Wayne VK3WTN uses a 7ele YU7EF with no elevation and
we worked with his moon at around 25deg. Why not give EME a try? (I
first heard Rod before my moonrise and completed before the moon reached
0.5deg elevation.)
8th Another nice morning on 50Mhz EME: Joel KG6DX on Guam plus new init
#190 Mac JR2NOU in Aichi Pref. Japan
13th S54C on 2m EME for init #290
25th 2m EME TR8CA for DXCC 71 RW3SK for init #292 and UX4IJ for init
#293
 26th
2m EME
PG2M for init #294
29th 50MHz EME Just worked Lance C21GJ in Nauru on
his first moonrise and close to my moonset here - happy bunny:-) DXCC
#245
On his first MR, in order,
C21GJ Lance
worked g8bcg, n3xx, k2ad, w7jw, gm3poi, n7nw, k7cw, n8rr
(More info on W7GJ website)
Oct
1st Poor Condx but spend both MR and MS monitoring Lance
going great guns from Nauru.
2nd Another good morning on the moon despite poor conditions. Managed
ZA5V in Albania on 144MHz DXCC#72 and 50Mhz EME DXCC#81 this
morning. (+Bonus 2m contact with Ukraine UY1HY) GL to all still trying
for ZA on both bands as conditions improve.
4th EME conditions are very good today - delighted to have just worked
Mike K7ULS #193 off the moon - he has a just a single 5el and 1k on 50Mhz
Init #196 and Don N1DG for #194. Lance C21GJ was an amazing signal on
his moon rise with one sequence at -12dB GL to all.
5th 4 50Mhz EME QSOs all new ones KX4R #195, MM0AMW #196, PA5Y #197 and GM3POI
#198
6th 4 50MHz
EME QSOs incl 2 new ones IK3CSB #199, IK3JBP #200 plus 2 144MHz EME
QSOs both new OH1JJ and WA7XX
7th 2 new 50MHz EME Initials W6TOD #201 and S51DI #202 [A nice day so
put up a 160m half-wave Bazooka dipole - first time on 160 since 1965
(when I was a pirate) - a good evenings work on FT8 and SSB - 30 new
DXCCs in the bag:-) ]
28th Chasing 9N7AP on 144MHz EME no luck so far - but 3 new initials in
the log.
29th Been chasing VP6D for several days with no luck.
This morning - BINGO VP6D 50MHz EME DXCC#246
Nov
Poor Condx and nothing much to report on 6m. Spending
time on 160m and 80m. - as of 19/11 I am up to 80DXCC on 80m and 65DXCC
on 160m from a standing start in late October:-)
18th Spent a moonrise on 144MHz - 7 new initials taking me to 310.
26th Moonrise: New 144MHz EME init with G0GXT. Also "warm up" 50MHz EME
QSO with Rod ZL3NW - ready for the main event!
27th 04:48
Worked 5R8UM on 50MHz EME for Init #205 and 6m EME DXCC #82
29th Southern Hemisphere SSSP has kicked in - LU5FF working ZLs on JT65
/ FT8:-) Bernie ZS4TX / 7P9Z off to a good start on 50MHz EME
30th
7P8Z for 50MHz EME initial #206 on my MR at 01:05
Dec
Some holidays, some bad weather, not much radio - except
on 160/80m :-)
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